Premier League Hat-trick History

Nationals of 37 countries have scored a hat-trick in the FA Premier League.

127 of the 266 or 47.74% of the hat-tricks scored since the advent of the Premier League were scored by Englishmen. 17 were scored by Dutchmen; 15 by Frenchmen; 8 by Norwegians; 7 by Nigerians; 7 by Argentines; 6 by Spaniards; 6 Scotsmen; 5 by Italians; 5 by Ivorians; 5 by Uruguayans; 5 by Welshmen; 4 by Russians; 4 by Tobagonians; 4 by Irishmen; 3 by Zimbabweans; 3 by Senegalese; 3 by Togolese; 3 by Belgians; 2 by Ghanaians; 2 by Germans; 2 by Czechs; 2 by Cameroonians; 2 by Australians; 2 by Brazilians; incredibly only 1 by each of: Americans; Swedes; Yugoslavs; Portuguese; Japanese; Jamaicans; Israelis; Finnish; Costa Ricans & Bosnians.

A hat-trick has been scored against Southampton 16 times – more than any other club in the history of the Premiership.

Most hat-tricks by team they were scored for:

Liverpool 35

Arsenal 34

Manchester United 32

Chelsea 20

Blackburn Rovers 17

Tottenham Hotspur 15

Newcastle United 12

Everton 10

Leeds United 10

Manchester City 10

Aston Villa 9

Coventry City 6

Portsmouth 6

Middlesbrough 5

Southampton 5

West Ham United 5

Queens Park Rangers 4

Sunderland 4

West Bromwich Albion 4

Fulham 3

Norwich City 3

Wigan Athletic 3

Charlton Athletic 2

Leicester City 2

Sheffield Wednesday 2

Birmingham City 1

Bolton Wanderers 1

Bradford City 1

Ipswich Town 1

Nottingham Forest 1

Sheffield United 1

Swindon Town 1

Wimbledon 1

Most hat-tricks by a player in Premier League history:

Alan Shearer 11

Alan Shearer’s 11 Premier League hat-tricks stands as a record (for some time to come one might imagine).

Robbie Fowler 9

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giXLZPwfnPM

Michael Owen 8

One of Michael Owen’s 8 Premier League hat-tricks came in August 1998 vs. Newcastle.

Thierry Henry 8

Thiery Henry matched Owen’s feat of 8 league hat-tricks.

Wayne Rooney 6

Andrew Cole 5

Dimitar Berbatov 5

Ian Wright 5

Luis Suárez 5

Robin van Persie 5

Ruud van Nistelrooy 5

Carlos Tévez 4

Chris Sutton 4

Dwight Yorke 4

Fernando Torres 4

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink 4

Kevin Campbell 4

Les Ferdinand 4

Matthew Le Tissier 4

Teddy Sheringham 4

Yakubu Aiyegbeni 4

Didier Drogba 3

Dion Dublin 3

Emmanuel Adebayor 3

Frank Lampard 3

Jermain Defoe 3

Nicolas Anelka 3

Ole Gunnar Solskjær 3

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJAztmibmpU

Robbie Keane 3

Tony Cottee 3

Benjani Mwaruwari 2

Andrei Kanchelskis 2

Darren Huckerby 2

Demba Ba 2

Fabrizio Ravanelli 2

Kevin Gallacher 2

Kevin Nolan 2

Kevin Phillips 2

Mark Viduka 2

Maxi Rodríguez 2

Paul Kitson 2

Paul Scholes 2

Steffen Iversen 2

Steven Gerrard 2

Theo Walcott 2

Tony Yeboah 2

Hat-tricks by Season

1992-1993 (expanded 42 team league): 14

1993-1994 (expanded 42 team league): 19

1994-1995 (expanded league): 13

1995-1996: 16

1996-1997: 12

1997-1998: 16

1998-1999: 12

1999-2000: 13

2000-2001: 14

2001-2002: 7

2002-2003: 13 (incredibly more than half of these came after the start of April 2003)

2003-2004: 10

2004-2005: 8

2005-2006: 7

2006-2007: 3

2007-2008: 15 (most since 1997-1998)

2008-2009: 6

2009-2010: 14

2010-2011: 17 (second most ever; most in a 20 team league/380 game season – to this point)

2011-2012: 18 (second most ever; most in a 20 team league/380 game season – to this point)